The Dutch road to a high level of cycling safety

Schepers, Paul; Twisk, Divera; Fishman, Elliot K.; Fyhri, Aslak; Jensen, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.005

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“…The first would be the upgrade or adaptation of cities to this new means of transport, especially in terms of safety for pedestrians and cyclists, which can be derived from the overlap of clusters 1, 4, and 5, where there are keywords that could be associated with the same problem; for example, traffic accidents (cluster 1), pedestrian safety (cluster 4), and urban planning (cluster 5). There are some works already in this research line, where it is highlighted that many governments are attempting to improve cycling safety to reduce the number of bicycle crashes and encourage cycling [53].…”

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The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

Salmerón-Manzano

Manzano‐Agugliaro

2018

Energies

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The bicycle has gone from being an old-fashioned recreational product to a less polluting means of transport and a compact, ultra-light personal mobility tool. This is how electrical bicycles will be used as the pillar that could support individual public transport in large cities worldwide. The objective of this manuscript is to detect how worldwide research on the electric bicycle is being developed, and, especially, around which scientific domains is it clustered, to finally identify the main trends in the field. This study has been carried out based on the Scopus database, where all the publications related to the topic of the electric bicycle have been analyzed up to the year 2017. Therefore, research on the global research trends of this topic was conducted. Its evolution over time shows that since 2008 the growth of publications is much higher than in the previous period. The main countries are China and the USA, and it can be inferred that there are two major trend countries with high environmental awareness, which also have a large population and that the electric bicycle is a suitable and sustainable form of transport. Among the main scientific fields, engineering leads in research. The keyword analysis shows that the central theme is electric, then battery and motor stand out. A community detection was applied to detect the six main clusters of this research, largely dedicated to the following topics: Transportation-Environment, Electrical Engineering, Safety, Batteries, Sporting Goods-Urban Planning, and Mechanical Engineering. This manuscript shows that global research trends about the electric bicycle are increasing, and that it should be considered a means of sustainable urban transport and will therefore contribute to energy saving and sustainable energy.

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The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

Salmerón-Manzano

Manzano‐Agugliaro

2018

Energies

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“…Cycling contributes to healthy, independent mobility (Oja et al 2011) and a safe infrastructure can help to prevent crashes (Reynolds et al 2009). Although the cycling infrastructure in The Netherlands is traditionally considered world leading in terms of safety (Schepers, Twisk, et al 2017), increasing amounts of (older) cyclists and the developments with regard to electric bicycles demand authorities to ensure that the infrastructure is also suitable for these contemporary demands (Wegman, Zhang, and Dijkstra 2012).…”

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Cycling on the edge: the effects of edge lines, slanted kerbstones, shoulder, and edge strips on cycling behaviour of cyclists older than 50 years

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To prevent single-bicycle crashes, this study is the first to evaluate effects of slanted kerbstones, edge lines, shoulder strips, and edge strips on cycling behaviour of cyclists !50 years. In Experiment 1, 32 participants cycled on a control path and paths with edge lines, slanted kerbstones, and three types of 0.5 m wide shoulder strips (with grey artificial grass, green artificial grass, or concrete street-print). In Experiment 2, 30 participants cycled a different route including a control path and paths with edge lines or 0.3 m white edge strips. Cyclists rode closer to the main cycle path's edge in the shoulder strips conditions, although the presence of these strips resulted in a larger total distance to the verge compared to the control condition. Furthermore, cyclists cycled further from the verge in the edge strip condition than the control condition. Safety implications of the shoulder and edge strips are considered to be positive.

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“…Those costs are assumed to arise 67 from penalties (i.e., fines) that are perceived by the public as being certain, severe, and swift. In 68 1 Concerning the grey literature, Schepers et al (2017) refer to evaluations by SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research about rear, pedal, and side reflectors that became obligatory in the Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s. Schepers et al (2017, p. 270) summarize the outcomes as follow: "Small positive effects have been found for some of these visibility measures SWOV."…”

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The Effect of an Italian Nationwide Mandatory Visibility Aids Law for Cyclists

Prati¹

2019

Preprint

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There is evidence that the conspicuity of cyclists is a contributory factor in some bicycle–motorized vehicle collisions and the use of visibility aids increases visibility and improves drivers’ responses in detection and recognition. To date, no study has evaluated the impact of a legislation imposing bicycling visibility aids on bicycle safety. The aim of the present study is to investigate whether a compulsory bicycling visibility aids law affects bicycle safety. Data on the monthly number of vehicles (including bicycles) involved in road accidents during the period 2001–2015 were obtained from the Italian National Institute of Statistics. Data were analyzed through an interrupted time-series analysis using an ordinary least-squares regression-based approach. Results revealed that the implementation of a legislation imposing bicycling visibility aids did not influence the number of bicycles involved in road accidents as well as its proportion in the total vehicles involved in road accidents. The introduction of the legislation did not produce immediate effects, nor did it have any effects over time.

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The Dutch road to a high level of cycling safety

Cited by 99 publications

References 41 publications

The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

The Electric Bicycle: Worldwide Research Trends

Cycling on the edge: the effects of edge lines, slanted kerbstones, shoulder, and edge strips on cycling behaviour of cyclists older than 50 years

The Effect of an Italian Nationwide Mandatory Visibility Aids Law for Cyclists

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